Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-12
mentlv opposed the insurance of her hus-


out. WHAT is the sequel? She is,
OF miserable living. Her two children
have been taken away from her in order
that they may be clothed ard schooled,
aud her life is to be prolonged hard
ship. 0 man, before forty eight hours
have passed away, appear ct the desk Of
some OF our great life insurance COM
panies, have the stethesCOpe Of the phy-
stefan put to your heart and lungs, and
Oy the seal OF some honest COMPANY de
creethat your children shall not be sub
jected TO the humiliation Of financial
struggle in the days Of your demise.
But must ask the men engaged IN
life insurance business whether they
feel the Importance of their trust, and
charge them l must thst they need Di-
vine grace to help them in their work
In this day, when there ere so many riv-
slries in your line Of business, you will
be tempted 10 0verstete the amount Of
your assets, and the extent Of the sur
plus. and you will be tempted to abuse
the franchise OF the company, ana make
up the deficits OF one year By adding
some OF the receipts of another year;
and you will be tempted tc send out
derogatorv 10 other companies, Iorgetful
of the fact that anonymous c0mmunica-
tions means only two things: toe cowar-
dice of the author and the inetiiciency OF
the police ia allowing such 4 thing 20 be
dated anywhere save inside of q peniten-
tiary. Under the mighty pressure many
have gone down, and you VIII follow
them if You have TOO much confidence in
yourself, and 90 not appeal to the Lord
for positive help. But if any of you belong
10 that lHisCraant class Of people, who,
without snv financial ability, organize
themselves into what they call life in
surance company, with pretended CAPT.
tai Of 100000 or S300, 900, then vote
yourself into the lucrative position, and
then take all the premiums for your
self, and then, at the approach
OF the state superintendent, drop all into
the hands of those life insurance under
takers whose business it is to gather no
the remains Of detunCt Organizations and
bury them in their own vault-then, say,
you had better get cut of the business,
and disgorge the widows houses you
have swallowed. But my word is TO all
those who are legitimateIy engaged in the
! business: You ought to be better than
other men, not only because Of the re-
sp0nsibilities that rest upon you, but be.
cause the truth is ever confronting you
that your stay on earth is uncertain, and
! your life g matter of few days Or yearg.
| Do not those bleCk-edged letters that
come into your Office make you think?
Does not the DOCTORS ce rtiAcate on the
death claim give you thrill? YOu7
periodicals, your advertisements, and
even the TYPOGRAPHY Of your policies
warn you that you are mortal. According
to your own showing the chances that
you Will die this year are st least pei
cent. Are you prepared for the tramen-
dous eXigenc+? The most condemned
man in the Judgment Dag will be the tn
prepared
LIFE INSURANCE MAN,
for the simple reason that his whole bus;
ness wGs connected with human exit, aud
he cannot say: 81 did not think" His
whole business was to think on that one
thing. 0, my brother, get insured for
eternity. In consideration Of what Christ
has done IN your behalf, have the linden.
ture tois day made out, signed and sealed
with the red seal Of the cross.
But l have words of encouragement anG
comfort for those CT my hearers who ar
engaged IN the fire insurance business
You are ordained by God to stand oe-
tween US and the most raging element OIL
nature. We are indebted to you for what
the national board Of underwriters and
the convention of the chiefs of the fire de-
partment hs effected through your
suggestions, and through your encour
agement. We are indebted to you for
what we have effected in the construction
OF buildings, and IN the change in the
habits OF our cities so that by scientific
principles orderly companies extinguist
the fire, instead Of the old-time riots
which used to eXtinguish the citizens!
And we are indebted TO you for the sue
Cessful demands you have made for the
repeal of III lust laWs-tor the battle yOU
have Waged against inCGndiarism and Or
son-for the fatal blow you have givsn t
the theory that corporations have nc
souls, by the cheerfalness and prompt
tude with which you have met losses
from which you might have ESCAPED
through the technically Of the law. d.
not know any class OF men in our mids
! more heightened and worthy of COnfdenC
! than these men, and yet have sometime
feared inst while your chief bushes
! is 20
= CALCULATE ABOUT LOSSES
g on earthly property, you might Hithou
t sufficient thought go into that which, i
regard 10 your soul, in your own par
lance might be called "bsz4rds," "eXtr
Y hazards" especial hazards" Al unfo1
I given sill in the soul is more inhammabl
n and explosive than c6mphine or nitro
glycerine. However the rates may Sc
Q yea, though the whole earth were pal
r down to YOU n one solid premium-yo
f clnnot sffOrd to lose your own soul. d
= not take that risk lest it be said heresfte
d that While IN this world you had kee
p? business faculty, when you Went out {
r the world you went out everlssting!y in
Y solvent. The scientific Hitchcocks, an
g Sillimans, and Mitchells OF the worI
= have united with the sacred writers t
make US believe that there is coming
O cQntiagratiou, to sweep across the eartt
e compared with which that Of Chicago
k 1871. and that CT Boston in 1872, and tbs
v of New York in 1885, were mer
V nothipss. Brooklyn on fire! New Yor
i on fire! Charleston on fire. Sa
V Francisco On fire. Canton on fire! S
Il Petersburg or fire. Paris on fire, Lol
4 don on fire, the Andes on fire the II
It malaya on fire. Whist will be pecalis
e about the day will be that the water wit
d which we put out great fires will itse
lie take fame; and the Mississippi, and tt
It Ohio, and the St. Lawrence, and Lsf
! Erie, and the Atlantic and tie Pacif
" oceans, and tumbling Niargars, shall
J. WITH RED TONGUES
y lick the hesvens The geological hea
J. of the center OF the world will burn OF
-e toward the circumference, and the hea